By RFIPubliée on 16-10-2019Modified on 16-10-2019 at 17:46

Ali Bongo Ondimba celebrated his 10th birthday as Gabonese President on October 16th, gradually re-occupying the spotlight one year after his stroke. On the eve of this anniversary, the decision was announced by the Council of Ministers to dismiss the all-powerful intelligence chief of the presidency, Frédéric Bongo, half-brother to the head of state.

After having sacked his sister Pascaline Mferri Bongo from the post of High Representative of the Head of State, Frédéric Bongo, half-brother of the Head of State, who officially held the post of Director General of Special Services is transferred to South Africa , as military attache at the Gabonese embassy. A decision that makes a lot of noise in Libreville.

Frédéric Bongo will soon be very far from the palace of the seaside, he was considered the key man of the security apparatus for the presidency, responsible in particular for wiretapping. He had a real influence on the Republican Guard.

Frédéric Bongo is described as a follower of the secret - he almost never appears in the media picture - and also as a fan of combat sports. " This man could be violent. It intimidated you , "describe several sources.

After the tensions appeared in the seraglio following the stroke of the head of state , Frédéric Bongo was gradually removed from the first circle. Until being denied access to the private apartments of the presidential palace. He is now suffering the same fate as the Korean South Korean Park Sang-chul , in charge of the security of Ali Bongo since the 1980s, John Steed Rey, a cousin, director of protocol, or the former aid of Camp Arsene Emvahou.

" For many months, the clan of the first lady and the cabinet director Brice Laccruche Alihanga who holds the reins, here is an additional illustration, " says a source, which quips: " witch hunt, purge, roll compressor, call it what you want . "

Frédéric Bongo is replaced by Colonel Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, known near Brice Laccruche Alihanga.

Yesterday, in his first interview since his stroke of October 24, 2018, granted to the pro-government daily L'Union , President Ali Bongo Ondimba promised to accelerate the pace of reform and the fight against corruption, saying " determined " to go after his " mission ". " I feel good. And better and better every day, "he says in the preamble of this interview.

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